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Aaron Z Lewis, The Garden of Forking Memes

Digital media has done away with the very thing that created our sense of history: imperfect memory. The process of creating a historical narrative (or any story, for that matter) involves discarding …

Epibreren (Dutch) Convincingly acting like you are doing something important when you're actually doing nothing.

Kamau Brathwaite

Reading is an isolated, individualistic expression. The oral tradition, on the other hand, makes demands not only on the poet but also on the audience to complete the community: the noise and sounds t…

Mencolek (Indonesia) Tapping someone on the other side of the shoulder, making them turn into the wrong direction.

Datsuzoku (Japanese) To escape from the daily routine, to take a break from the conventions and mundanities of one’s life, to discover more creativity, resourcefulness, and to perceive your surroundin…

The things you learn in maturity aren't simple things such as acquiring information and skills. You learn not to engage in self-destructive behavior. You leant not to burn up energy in anxiety. You di…

Raðljóst (Icelandic) Enough light to find your way by.

답정너 – Dab-jeong-neo (Korean) A situation in which someone asks a question but has already decided the answer they want to hear.

Hiraeth (Welsh) Feeling of missing a time, an era, or a person, including homesickness for what may not exist any longer. (See 'saudade')

Saudade (Portuguese) A deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for an absent place, item or person that one cares for and/or loves.